Conceived and created by a team of department administrative managers and OSP staff with the goal of helping researchers and support staff develop sponsored project proposal budgets, the Sponsored Budget Template is an Excel-based tool, with Cornell-relevant equations already saved into over a dozen worksheets. These worksheets include General Expense, Cost-Sharing, Salary 9 month, F&A Detail, and other typical budget categories. When you first open the file we recommend that you begin on the "Quicktips" tab for instructions. Navigate among the worksheets using the arrows on the bottom left of your screen, or click on the tabs.